Rendej language

Rendej Tlakkûr (/ʈæⁿdætʂ tɬɒkxʼu˞/), or simply Rendej is a language used by the residents of Bi·rrendi, where it is the sole official (and known) language.

Phonology

consonants

	labial/dental	alveolar	retroflex	palatal	velar
nasal	m̥ m	n		ɲ̊ ɲ
stop	p b mb	t d nd	ʈ	c ɟ
fricative	θ	s ɬ	ʂ		x
affricate	pɸ	tɬ	tʂ		kx
ejective stop	pʼ	tʼ	ʈʼ	cʼ
ejective affricate	pɸʼ	tɬʼ	tʂʼ		kxʼ

Nasals and fricatives can be geminated when a final consonant precedes an identical initial, or when preceded or succeeded by a geminating affix, when this happens to a stop or an affricate they become an ejective and may lose voicing.

vowels

	front	back
close	i(˞)	ɯ(˞) u(˞)
open	æ(˞)	ɒ(˞)

Rendej exhibits vowel harmony, meaning words in Rendej can only contain either only rounded (in bold) or unrounded vowels. All five of the vowels may be rhoticized.

Orthography

Natively Rendej uses a syllabary composed of 51 consonant-vowel pairs as well as a gemination sign. The syllabary does not distinguish between final consonants and open syllables, nor does it distinguish voiced, unvoiced and prenasalized consonants, it also merges rhotic and non-rhotic vowels, as well as u and û and e and a.

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	-A (-∅)	-I	-U		-A (-∅)	-I	-U
M-				L-
N-				X-
Ny-				H-
P-				F-
T-				Tl-
R-				J-
C-				K-
Th-				∅-
S-				2*

Due to the vague and inaccurate nature of this orthography OoU media should use the following romanization scheme.cription scheme

romanized	a	b	c	d	e	f	g	h	i	j	k	l	m	n	p	r	s	t	u	û	x
IPA	ɒ	b	c	d	æ	pf	ɟ	x	i	tʂ	kx	ɬ	m	n	p	ʈ	s	t	ɯ	u	ʂ

Including these digraphs:

	ar	er	ir	mb	mh	nd	nh	ny	tl	th	ur	ûr
	ɒ˞	æ˞	i˞	mb	m̥	nd	ɲ̊	ɲ	tɬ	θ	ɯ˞	u˞

Grammar

Verbs

verbs in Rendej are conjugated based on person, number and tense. The infinitive forms of verbs always end in -l, and verbs can be formed by adding -el/-al to a noun or adjective.

conjugation of rounded and unrounded nouns

abal - to eat		present	habitual	past	future	gnomic	ijjul - to run		present	habitual	past	future	gnomic
1st person	singular	aba					1st person	singular	ijju
	plural	ababû·r						plural	ijjubi·r
2nd person	singular	abat					2nd person	singular	ijjut
	plural	abatta						plural	ijjutte
3rd person	singular	abala					3rd person	singular	ijjule
	plural	ababû·lla						plural	ijjubi·lle